BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS)

The title Biodiversity Conservation (Applications and Implications) includes chapters on various important aspects of implications of biodiversity, environmental quality and survival in the nature. The book contains chapters Wetlands as habitat for birds, Floral diversity of Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Hospet, Fish diversity along Aghanashini and Sharavathi Estuaries of Uttara Kannada district, Species Composition and Diversity of Mosquito Fauna in selected areas of Hubli-Dharwar, Harmonizing Agro-biodiversity Conservation, Diversity, Density and Breeding Ecology of Wetland Avifauna of Gudavi Bird Sanctuary, Sorab, Karnataka, India, Present status and conservation of Great Indian Bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps, in Ballery area Karnataka, Abundance of avifaunal diversity of Ankasamudra Lake, Hagaribommnahalli taluk, Karnataka, Distribution Ecology and Food Habits and Nesting of Malabar Giant, Squirrel, Ratufa indica indica, Crop damage assessments by Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) in various agricultural and forest ecosystems of Karnataka. We hope this book serves as an important source material to students and researchers as well.